Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870
| FAMILY: PHILODROMIDAE Thorell, 1870 Genus: Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837 Species: Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 ![]() |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
running crab spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
AZ CO
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Specimen list |
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† ambushers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Recorded Habitats: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records: (from the Nearctic Spider Database - Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if not visible)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Banks, N. 1898. Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico. Proc. Californ. Acad. Sci. (3) 1: 205-308.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1872. General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871: 212-354.
Caporiacco, L. di. 1935. Aracnidi dell'Himalaia e del Karakoram, raccolti dalla Missione italiana al Karakoram (1929-VII). Mem. Soc. ent. ital. 13: 161-263.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1919. New Californian spiders. Jour. Ent. Zool. Claremont 12: 1-17.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1891. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 1: 1-170.
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1978. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 5. The crab spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Philodromidae and Thomisidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1663: 1-255.
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1976. A review of the spider genus Philodromus in the Americas (Araneida: Philodromidae). Can. Ent. 108: 127-157.
Dondale, C. D., A. L. Turnbull & J. H. Redner. 1964. Revision of the Nearctic species of Thanatus C. L. Koch (Araneae: Thomisidae). Can. Ent. 96: 636-656.
Hansen, H. 1995. Über die Arachniden-fauna von urbanen Lebensräumen in Venedig - III. Die epigäischen Spinnen eines Stadtparkes (Arachnida: Araneae). Boll. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Venezia 44: 7-36.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Hu, J. L. 2001. Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp.
Hu, J. L. & A. H. Li. 1987. The spiders collected from the fields and the forests of Xizang Autonomous Region, China. (II). Agricultural Insects, Spiders, Plant Diseases and Weeds of Xizang 2: 247-353.
Hu, J. L. & W. G. Wu. 1989. Spiders from agricultural regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Shandong Univ. Publ. House, Jinan, 435 pp.
Jäger, P. 2002. Thanatus vulgaris Simon, 1870 - ein Weltenbummler (Araneae: Philodromidae). Arachnol. Mitt. 23: 49-57.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Kim, J. P. & J. Y. Jung. 2001. A revisional study of the spider family Prodidomidae O.P.-Cambridge, 1871 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Korea. Korean Arachnol. 17: 185-222.
Kulczynski, W. 1903. Aranearum et Opilionum species in insula Creta a comite Dre Carolo Attems collectae. Bull. Acad. Cracovie 1903: 32-58.
Levy, G. 1999. New thomisid and philodromid spiders (Araneae) from southern Israel. Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 11: 185-190.
Levy, G. 1977. The philodromid spiders of Israel (Araneae: Philodromidae). Israel J. Zool. 26: 193-229.
Logunov, D. V. 1996. A critical review of the spider genera Apollophanes O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 and Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837 in North Asia (Araneae, Philodromidae). Rev. arachnol. 11: 133-202.
Lyakhov, O. V. 2000. Contribution to the Middle Asian fauna of the spider genus Thanatus C. L. Koch, 1837 (Aranei: Philodromidae). Arthropoda Selecta 8: 221-230.
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Paik, K. Y. 1979. Four species of the genus Thanatus (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Korea. J. Grad. School Educ. Kyungpook Natn. Univ. 11: 117-131.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1929. Descriptions of new or inadequately known American spiders (Second paper). Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 22: 511-524.
Schick, R. X. 1965. The crab spiders of California (Araneae, Thomisidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 129: 1-180. 
Simon, E. 1932. Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 4e partie. Paris, 6: 773-978.
Simon, E. 1910. Arachnoidea. Araneae (ii). In, Schultze, L., Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im Westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Denkschr. med. naturw. Ges. Jena. 16: 175-218.
Simon, E. 1875. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 2: 1-350.
Simon, E. 1870. Aranéides noveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. sulle specie europee della famiglia degli Attidi. Mém. Soc. roy. sci. Liège (2) 3: 271-358.
Song, D. X. & M. S. Zhu. 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae, Philodromidae. Science Press, Beijing, viii + 259 pp.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Strand, E. 1916. Systematische-faunistiche Studien über paläarktische, afrikanische und amerikanische Spinnen des Senckenbergischen Museums. Arch. Naturg. 81(A9): 1-153.
Strand, E. 1915. Dritte Miteilung über Spinnen aus Palästina, gesammelt von Herrn Dr J. Aharoni. Arch. Naturg. 81(A2): 134-171.
Strand, E. 1913. Erste Mitteilung über Spinnen aus Palästina, gesammelt von Herrn Dr J. Aharoni. Arch. Naturg. 79(A10): 147-162.
Szita, É. & F. Samu. 2000. Taxonomical review of Thanatus species (Philodromidae, Araneae) of Hungary. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 46: 155-179.
Wider, 1834. Beschreibung der Arachniden. In Reuss, A., Zoologischen miscellen. Mus. Senck. (Abh.) 1: 195-282.
Wu, L. T. & D. X. Song. 1987. Notes on Inner Mongolian spiders of the family Philodromidae. J. Inner Mongolia Teacher's Univ. 1987(1): 28-37.
Wunderlich, J. 1992. Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution. Beitr. Araneol. 1: 1-619.
Wunderlich, J. 1987. Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras: Adaptive Radiation, Biogeographie, Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen. Triops Verlag, Langen, West Germany.
Zhao, J. Z. 1993. Spiders in the Cotton Fields in China. Wuhan Publishing House, Wuhan, China, 552 pp.
Zhou, N. L. & D. X. Song. 1985. Six new records of spiders from China. La Animala Mondo 2: 271-276.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog




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